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Originally posted by BigUmp56
Sorry if I offended you. I must have it good here then. I don't work games solo very often. The only games I do solo are small diamond games, and games where another assigned umpire didn't show.
Even LL juniors thru bigs are all done with at least a two man here.
The comment about pick up games had nothing to do with working solo. It was about the need to move farm equipment to get onto a HS baseball field. That's a load of crap IMO. I live in and work games in northern Indiana. The vast majority of our HS's are in rural farming communities. I've never heard of such a thing.
Tim.
[Edited by BigUmp56 on Nov 18th, 2005 at 02:41 PM]
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Tim,
You haven't lived until you've worked AAU Frosh or JV ball by yourself. It's a joke. They want the games called as if there were four umpires, when there is only you. Usually, there is a least one play, that if there were two umpires, you would have gotten the call right. Like check swings when the catcher raises up and blocks you out, for example. When they b*tch, we are instructed to tell them, "pay for two umpires, and then that play will be covered." I've worked hundreds of solo games. Lots of laughs.